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No. 623,288. Patented Apr. I8, I899. H. F. RODNEY.

BURNISHING IRON FOR SHOE BOTTDMS.

(Application filed May 28, 1898.)

(No Model.)

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HENRY F. ROONEY, OF RANDOLPH, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- IIALF TOFRANKLIN PORTER, OF SAME PLACE.

BURNlSHlNG-IRON FOR SHOE-BOTTOMS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 623,288, dated April18, 1899.

Application filed May 28, 1898.

To all whom it nuty concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY F. RODNEY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Randolph, in the county of Norfolk and State ofMassachusetts, have invented a new and useful Burnishing-Iron for ShoeBottoms, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to hand burnishingtools for shoe-bottoms.Heretofore substantially all of the tools of this description used forhand burnishing have been constructed solid and have been heated bylamps, gas, or stoves. This method being acknowledged to be crude andunsatisfactory, attempts have been made at improvement by constructingthe burnisher hollow and circulating steam or heated fluids directlythrough it. This construction has also been found to be unsatisfactory,and to remedy its defects is the object of my invention. \Vith thisobject in View I have produced the hand-burnisher for shoe-bottoms whichis the subject of this ap plication, the improved construction,arrangement, and combination of the parts of which will be first fullydescribed hereinafter and afterward specifically pointed out in theappended claims.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which myinvention mostnearly appertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed todescribe its construction and operation, having reference to theaccompanying drawings, forming part hereof, in which Figure 1 is aperspective view illustrating my invention connected up to a steam-pipe.Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical section of the iron and thesteam-chamber. Fig. 3 is a transverse vertical section through the same.

Like letters of reference indicate the same parts in all the figures ofthe drawings.

Referring to the drawings by letters, Ain dicates a metallic block whichis provided on each end with a stem A, upon each of which is fitted ahandle B, of any suitable non-heatconducting material.

C indicates a bu rnishiug-iron secured to the block A by means of screws0. The block A is hollowed out on its rear or top to furnish a seat fora hollow ball D, which is held in position in said seat by a ring E,secured to the Serial No. 682,039. (No model.)

block by means of screws E, the hollow ball formingasteam-chambersupplied with steam from a steampipe F through branch pipesG and H, the steam-pipe being provided with a valve I, which when closedwill force the steam to circulate through the branch pipes and thechamber in the hollow ball. The block A is provided with extensions A onthe sides, in which the seat for the ball D is partly formed.

The connection of the hollow ball or steamchamber D in the socket of theblock A by means of the ring E forms a' ball-and-socket joint connectionwith the central rear or'top portion of the tool, which permits theironto be gyrated or moved in any direction without changing the position ofthe branch pipes and hollow ball; but for purposes of freer adjustmentor shifting of the iron in use to adapt it to WOlklll diiferentplanesthe branch pipes G and H are provided with swiveling- ,joints J. Bymeans of this jointing of the pipes and the ball-and-socket connectionbetween them and the iron the iron may be held by the handles and turnedor shifted to any conceivable angle or to varying vertical or lateralpositions or planes for application to all parts of the shoe to which ahand burnishing-iron can be applied.

The circulation of the steam through the pipes G- and His governed byvalves K therein, whereby the degree of heat is also regulated.

From the foregoing description it will be readily understood that theball D will be heated to any desired intensity by regulating the passageof the steam through it and that the heat of the ball will becommunicated to the block A, with which it is in direct contact, andfrom the blockA to theiron 0, all of these parts being composed of metalwhich readily conducts the heat.

lVhile I have illustrated and described the best means now known to mefor carrying out my invention, I do not wish to be understood asrestricting myself to the exact details of construction shown, but holdthat any slight variation therefrom, such might suggest itself to theordinary mechanic, would be clearly comprehended in the limit and scopeof my invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and Wishto secure by Letters Patentof the United States, is

l. A burnishing-tool having a steam-chamber movably connected with thecentral rear portion of said tool and provided with a handle at each endwhereby the tool may be gyrated relatively to the saidsteam-chamber, andyielding steam-pipe connections with said chamber wherebythe location ofthe tool and its heating-chamber may be shifted.

2. A burnishing-tool having a central rear portion provided with arounded socket and having a handle at each end, a sphericalsteam-chamber located in said. socket, and yielding steam-pipeconnections with said chamber, whereby the tool may be gyrated about thechamber and bodily shifted with said chamber, by means of said handles.

3. The combination with the block, A, having a rounded socket in its topand provided with the oppositely-extended stems, A, and non-conductinghandles, 13, of the ring, E, connected to the block, A, the hollow ball,D having two steam connections and seated in the socket formed in theblock, A, and ring, E, and the iron, 0, secured to the under side of theblock, A, substantially as described.

HENRY F. ROONEY.

Vitnesses:

ASA F. FRENCH, FRANKLIN PORTER.

